Sunday, September 19, the Swedish general elections were held. It was a close call for the parties in power, but they were given another 4 years. Just barely.
Before we get into who was voted for, let’s get the basics covered so we’re all on the same page.

Sjuttiosju sjösjuka sjömän sköttes av sju sköna sjuksköterskor på skeppet Shanghai! Det svenska sj- och sk- ljudet är ett rent helvete för icke-svenskar att lära sig när de övar på uttal av svenska ord. Uttal och betoning av svenska är i regel mycket svårt då det skiljer sig från många andra språk, men just den [...]

This is a Swedish tongue twister. It means:

Seventy-seven seasick sailors were looked after by seven lovely nurses on the ship Shanghai.

Sometimes people who speak English have no idea how lucky they are. If you want to know where you are going, where you are, where you left your keys and where you should put the book in your hand, you just need one simple word: Where

Återigen sitter jag här och undrar hur svårt det ska behöva vara. Var och vart är två ord som i svenskan av någon outgrundlig anledning behandlas med precis lika lite respekt som orden de och dem (och dom). Var och en av oss (just det, ord kan ha flera betydelser) behöver bli bättre på att [...]

The results of our poll are in, and here is the list with the most popular and therefore Hottest Summer Drinks 2010 as submitted and voted by Lexiophiles readers and bab.la dictionary users!

As always, gathering submissions and looking at blogs was great fun and an amazing learning experience. Submissions are in! Time to Vote!

If you managed to miss it we are right now trying to find the Hottest Summer Drinks for 2010. As a part of that we asked you, our readers, to submit some of your favorite cocktails. The submissions are in and you can vote for your favorite cocktail until midnight August 2 (CET). During the [...]

Har du någonsin fått höra att du är en språkfascist? Nej, vänta. Har du någonsin fått höra att du var en språkfascist? Jag önskar jag kund… nej vänta. Jag önskar att jag kunde välja att bortse från andra människors språkfel. Men det är… (fanockså!). Det är dock mycket svårt.

Have you ever been told you are a grammar Nazi? No wait, have you ever been told you were a grammar Nazi? I wish I was able to… no wait. I wish I were able to ignore people’s (or maybe that should be peoples’) mistakes and not comment on them. But it’s… (dammit). However, I find this difficult.